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Jfainronah Corning cus.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
liKiiliGlA GLEANINGS.
ytiieued from our state
EXCHANGES.
( \ rK ri> Froien to Death—The Thuui
-4vill*' Railroad — Besieged in a School
H<>u< —Drowned While in a Fit—A
Volins l ady Shoots Her Mother—Pur
of Coal Lands.
V named Abe Malone was found fro
ith three miles from Jackson. Butts
Friday evening last. Abe was seen
„ * .Tack~on on Monday, and when found
- on hi- hands and knees with a bottle
". u i k in his pocket.
•f f r i--n Xetr* amt Former, published
, -vdle. will lie sold at public outcry on
... . December sth, to wind up the estate
, proprietor, H. .1. Bbyd, deceased.
-r* driver stalled on the track of the
r , : near Atlanta, on Thursday evening
,rid remained in that ]>ositinn for an
Ii down passenger train arriving at
■ after dark, ran into the wagon amt
. two mules. When the conductor
• negro why he gave no signal or built
negro said lie ‘"holloed and holloed
. -top. but lie paid no attention to it.’’
! _ratn! iury of Decatur estimates the in
. —of that county as follows:
I;, pi-t due aliout 14,000, bridge
j. due 42.000, jury scrip and other
v on tlic Treasury, $3,000; while there
.: n hand in the Treasury 42,2h3 26. The
; collection of taxes will amount to
f*. •* ■
1 tre twenty-four candidates for the
ni> oilnes in Sc riven county, all of
•\pi i t to lie elected by large majori
! ,mnt in Burke county this week is the
_',,f the exhibition of the Burke County
i ll l air at Wayneslioro on Wednes
,s. the 6th. The fair >\ ill continue four
II 1 will doubtless In- well patronized l>y
nt farmer- <,f Burke and adjoin-
I:., f,..wing Georgia patents were granted
Patent office last week: .1. H. Bed
i mid s. 1.. .1. Itcdmgticld. Jug Tavern,
_ miner and shar|H-ner; Mitchell Han
, II .is well, cultivator plow; S. 1.. Me
i; yti.mtii. water cooler and filter; Kre< 1 -
, L li. :• in-rt, Macon, uio—iuito-net frame.
..r|Miratorsof the Thomasville Kail
r • ..mpany met at the office of A. I’.
\ A Cos., Thomasville, on the 2sth of
\ last, and elected nine directors, as
-i liarles 11. \dams, John K. Page,
i t Danfortli, William V. Pond, J. Ed
.. .i . D. McDougall, of New York;
i ard Lewis, of Tallahassee. Kla.; A. P.
\v .1 Thomasville. Ga.. and John Itrad
ltradfordville. Kla. The road above
. .rated will eonneet Tallahassee by a
with Thomasville, lia., and thus
.'■ and short route to Savannah, east
• '■i Hiursday morning last, al Rome, Middie
I. i. l1 ■ v. a young woman, while carelessly
I idling a derringer pistol, aeoidentally fired
• -,S. the ball taking efleet in the Isidy of her
1.. her. Mr-. Fannie Bailey. The hall passed
ti.r igh the right collar lone, taking a down
w h i uirse, and lodged between the shoulder
I iml spine. The wound, though serious,
i- ii..t neres-a/ily mortal.
|.a-t Wednesday morning Mr. L. T. Erwin
ini the misfortune to lose his bloomary on
All r.Hina creek, Bartow county. It was set
.hi in-, before day by an incendiary, llis loss
t two thousand doUsn. No insurance.
Ii- the second lire from incendiarism in
11.. same week.
The Thomasville artesian well is now 1,230
i deep, and 1,000 feet of the depth has lieen
■dug through a solid ris k of limestone fornia-
Tlie oldest son of Mr. S. C. Littlefield, of
Brunswick, named Robbie, was found drowned
1. ng in water aliout one foot deep, near the
express office, on Wednesday afternoon last.
He hail been seen a short time before in his
usual health, and the supposition is, being
-abject to fils, that he was suddenly attacked
with one and fell into the water and was
drowned before he could recover.
Tv-T\ held an election for Mayor and Coiin
sjjmen with the follow ing result; Mayor, Col.
J*in Morrow ; Coiincilnieu. W. K. Ford. W.
D. Brady, W. I!. Aycock, W. K. Williams and
E. A. Parrish.
The turpentine still of Mr. John Fowler, in
Worth county, was burned on last Thursday.
Jjo-s atmut 4too. No insurance.
A citizens’ mass meeting was held on
T „ iu -sday night, in the superior Court room
t the oliject being to select a ticket
|(, >;l ro’ of Aldermen at the approaching
lie mcipal election. A motion uas made and
cuitm and for the Cppnintmen! by the Chairman
f five citizens fro.’n each ward, who would
mirv and select twelve men to constitute a
ticket for the Board of Aldermen, w ho, after
a patient consideration, reported the follow
ing ticket: First Ward. W. A. Davis. J. G.
M i rare. Pat Payton; Second ward. John I>.
II idiTin-. .1. ( .Van Syckle, A. Proudfit; Third
w rd. F. s. Johnson, N. T. Johnson W. 11,
c Fourth ward. M. li. Scliwed. Henry
If..me. Alexander Reynolds. The action of
it,,, meeting was not unanimous by any
iii.-ii -, and Mr. R. V. Nottingham entered
In- -..lcnin protest against the ticket. The
pr.-j H-ct I- that there will lie a lively light ill
■ur sister city at the municipal election which
take- place next Saturday.
M,.re ru-e has been harvested this year in
Tierce county than ever liefore in its history.
A c .mpany has been organized in Atlanta
v, (, a capital of 4260,000. Mr. Walker Inman is
Pn- icnt and Mr. Aaron Haas U Secretary
and Treasurer. Tlie company have purchased
i-. ... r.-s of the best coal lands in the state,
known as the ( .Pisa coal fields. The coal is
cum! i.. Montevallo for grate and to any coal
f,.r -team. Anew road is now living built by
the i hcrokee Railroad < utnpany from Cedar
t..i, t<> the rival fields, and from the Selma,
Komi and Dalton Road to the fields, the
■mi l. I 1 icing that the roads shall lie coin-
I'icivi by the first of July next. As soon as
fin - ithe coal can be put in the market by
s.-i Mz round by Rome; hut when they build
from the selma Road to Cedartown the coal
u .. then shipped Ivy the Fast Tennessee
aud Virginia to Atlanta. The company pro
lises to lay down coal at Atlanta as soon as
flic road is completed, at 43 per ton.
1. s-b. iir Mir* amt Siijmtl: “The Moas
is., \,s has come out in anew 44.U00 dress.
T - die ti.'ndsomest paper now that graces
■'ur sanctum.”
1’.., ii ridge fkntaerat: “The turpentine bn
• f ill,-county lias grown prodigiously
-in. past few' months, and it is hecom
_ of ~nr important industries. The
: rj f 1,• maker- ap|iear all to lie flush of
0U5.3-. and their business te iveing constantly
TAN- | iank.hu Xetr* says: “Our Postmaster
-i traced lip a registered package con
- t.-n dollars and ouronler for our regu
■>f printing pa|ier, mailed October
' ! -ml' found it 10-t bv the wreck of the
lr • 1 iron the Air Line lizllroiul Octobers),
be ii.f .nus us that it is the first registered
I'srkagc from this office ever lost.”
'■r Sin Daily Xewe: “Henry Nelms, a negro
•i tic premises of J. F. Dupree, in the west
er, part of this county, died suddenly on
Wtg • fter partially siccing a recal
vuran, mule, which excited his anger. He
■!.>.( i, T a few paces and said lie would be
: ~ j be ij.'dn’t 'h.' him, after which he fell
• .-mi. The Coroner’s jury returned a
venlict of apopi'gxy.”
1' //•-../ I’muity MVeHp learns that the
La-1 I ee. Virginia and Cleorgia Rail-
r '- b j.ay the fanners along the line of
’ rn cents per yanl for loose* rock laid
)) i .-.e ng the edge of the railroad cuts.
' of our |ieople will take advantage of
t Miring tlie winter season anil make
• ii.-.i..-\ t.\ removing the loose roi-k lydng
fields ugl selling it to ihe road
<" 'si used for ballast.
•Di.ti.ta i ''institution ." “Me. Lindus. a
l. r at Joneslx.m. yestenliiy tele-
P‘‘l ''l 1 Idef ( onnrvdy that a thief had paid
i . h..ii-o a visit the previous night and
1 : - ii two bales of oottoa. An investiga
i'U the premises induced the lielief tliat
fr, t . "tton had lieen loaded on a w agon and
W*n,-d for Atlanta. The jsilicc are on the
-ik.ni * f--r ..itton marked as described by Mr.
Limius.’ ’
1 irt. r-vii.’e Fret I’re**: “Deputy Marshals
’ i- >. ~ tt and i.rccn left Tuesday eve
-s*n|f!,..n |f!,.. ..plurv a still in the neighborhood of
" si’- I hcrokee ,-ountv. Thev had pro
*■'' • - fur a- Flat ishb’tls school house when
..tert-.k them. Thev decided to spend
there, and laid theniselves on the
■ - A i-out 2 o’clock a party of moonshiners
„ ! .no. | th,. house and preceded to fir.'
111l 11 'hem. several shots were tired
‘O' no effect save a very slight
- st'ii received bv Deputy ' Marshal j
,J r " ' "ii hi- right wrist. The .Marshals held
' r ground, and. alxiut *lav, proceeded to
ur.- ti,e still, which they did and brought j
w l"" t ranklin Xevs gives the following facts j
• “‘J’' 'ed w ith tWe li.|Uor traffic of Franklin j
hj. "een. uragement of efforts at prohibition: i
• 'hat for five yisvrs preceding the !
vnrrwf f I *. ,e bcensed saloons Jiere there oe-
Sfle r ' r *thiij ihe corporate limits pvery year
t* r homicides, or assaults with "intent
. 'T- 'i-. ond. that of eight persons who
, ; ’n Die traffic here within that time,-
a killed by a young man under the in-
C-. lIC ‘ of liquor, three lied the country to
1 ; r'secut ion, two dosed out at a loss, one
“*f.'i ined ’he business for more reputable
££■"*. and ,;wc continues it at another
n. Thir<l i, v ‘*t since tlu* prohibition
-">ntinto operation more than six years
i fczl.h* U " m (fh the law has liei' n fjolated almost
%
I *“•: u,, ydo the peace, g.ssl
’ 'he ... r -, 'J* there has not been w.. u i
*w.. or three e. ni,B # a B,n| ' l . e homicide, and but .
wl “-h K ,mlwrj ’ none |
A PRAISEWORTHY' OBJECT.
F.florts to Raise a Monument to the
Confederate Dead.
The following explains itself:
Goldsboro, X. Nov. 30.— Editor
Mopiituj Xeics: 1 send you per to-dav’s
mail a package of circulars, from which
you will see that the Goldsboro Rides,
Company I), First Regiment North Caro
lina State Guards, intend holding a fair
during the month of December. The oli
jeet of said fair is to raise funds to pur
chase a monument to be erected to the
memory of the Confederate dead buried
m our cemetery. Up to this date dona
tions received have been principally from
Northern houses, as our merchants deal
principally with them. Being acquainted
with only a few Southern houses. I have
taken the liberty of sending you a few
circulars, as stated aliove, thinking possi
bly you might, through the columns of
your valuable paper, aid us in this noble
cause. I will state that tlm majority of
soldiers buried here are from Georgia. I
assure you if any of the merchants of
vour city see lit to send us anything, it
will lie properly placed and gratefullv ap
preciated.
Please pardon the liberty I have taken
by intruding on your valuable time.
I am, verv trtilv yours,
T. 11. Bain,
Chairman Monumental Committee.
The following is the circular alluded to:
FAIR CIRCULAR.
At a regular meeting of the Goldsboro
Rifles. Cos. I). First Regiment North Caro
lina Mate Guards, it was decided to hold a
fair during the month of December, 1882,
the object of which is to raise funds to
purchase a monument to be erected to the
memory of the Confederate dead buried in
our cemetery.
tN e respectfully solicit a donation from
vour stock, and the same will be labeled
find put in a conspicuous place, with any
advertising card you may wish to place
thereon, should you wish to contribute
for a special object, the same w ill be voted
for. and the individual or association re
ceiving the largest vote will get the article.
We promise to thoroughly advertise our
contributors in our city papers. Contri
butions can be sent to Lieut. T. H. Bain
or will be called for on receipt of postal
sent to the committee and duly acknowl
edged in the Goldsboro Messenger.
COMMITTEE.
Capt. J. E. Peterson, Jno. T. Edmondson,
Lieut. T. 11. Bain, J. T. Burch,
Dr. W. 11. H. Cobb, Jno. G. Bagwell,
I. F. Dortch, W. P. Grainger,
F. W. Smith, R. B. Taylor,
R. E. Pipkin. '
THE COTTON CENTENNIAL.
F’lattering Prospects of the Proposed
Exhibition.
Vicksburg, Miss., Dee. 2.— The Nation
al Cotton Planters’ Association, whose
headquarters are at this city, are daily
receiving congratulatory communications
from all parts of the country ujion
the happiness of the concep
tion and the bright outlook
for the proposed Cotton Centennial to be
held in I*S4. From present advices it
would seem that the contest for its loca
tion will lie narrowed down to New Or
leans, Baltimore and Cincinnati. Arrange
ments are lieing made by the Planters’
Association to put, so soon as the location
is decided on, a corps of influential can
vassers into every cotton State to obtain
subscriptions and exhibits. Commis
sioners will be sent to New England and
Europe for the same purpose. From as
surances already at hand a million dol
lars can Ijc raised, in addition to the
amount subscribed by the successfully
competing city.
A CRASH ON THE HAILS.
One Man Killed and Several Others In
jured.
Cincinnati. Dee. 2. —An accident on
the Kentucky Central Railway last night
was caused by an attempt of the freight
train, which was several hours late? to
reach Catawba, the next station north of
Falmouth, before the express train should
arrive. Four miles north of Falmouth the
two trains met. Wm. Gray, flreman of
the passenger train, was" killed; Isaac
Ackley, engineer, severely injured; Geo.
Kennedy, brakeman, severely injured.
Levi Kirby, the engineer on the freight
train, was injured slightly. Luther Van
Hook, of Cynthiana, Ky., a passenger,
was also slightly injured. Both the en
gines and rive cars were wrecked.
SHOT FROM AMBUSH.
A Cowardly Murder in Kentucky.
Louisville, Dec. 2.—A special from
Catlettsburg says: “On October 20th in
Floyd county, Ky., Andy Hall was shot
and killed by men concealed in
the brush. A boy who was
with Hall recognized the man who
did the shooting as Richard Vance. A
few minutes later Vance, Andy Sloane and
Linville Higgins were seen near the scene
of the murder, all armed with guns. Yes
terday the Father of Hall swore out a
warrant against these men. and they are
now in jail aw aiting trial for murder. The
three men w ere in the employ of revenue
otflcials as spies upon moonshiners in the
mountains, und as procurers of witnesses
against them.
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.
Rear Admiral R. H. Wyman died at
Washington Saturday morning of apo
plexy.
The report of the Tariff Commission is
ready and w ill be presented to Congress
to-day, accompanied by a bin,
The steamer City of Mexico, which left
for Vera Cruz from New Orleans yester
day, had all the freight and passengers she
could carry.
Gambetta’s doctor says the former will
probably lose the tjse of two fingers by the
accident to his hand by the explosion of a
revolver some days ago.
A match game of cushion carom bil
liards. 500 iKiints, for SI,OOO a side, at New
York, between Sexton and Daly, was won
bv the former by forty-four i>oiiits.
The Municipal Bank of Skopin, in the
Province of Reazan, Russia, has failed for
over $60,000,000, ruining the whole town
as w ell as hundreds of families elsewhere.
The directors of the Bank of Spain have
undertaken to submit a proposal to the
shareholders for au increase of its capital
iiv 25,000,000 pestas. The shores have
consequently fallen 15 per cent;
Noah D. Smith, a clerk and Deputy Col
lector of customs at Memphis, has als
scopdcd. lie is $1,600 short in his ac
counts. He has been in the employ of
the Collector, Gen. W. J. Smith, for six
years.
The Chicago, Bt. I-op is and New Orleans
Railway brought to New Orleans vester
dav tj.212 bales of cotton, being the largest
quantity ever received there by rail in one
day. Fifty ear loads of other freight were
also received by that road.
Three pilots. George Burke, Fetor Mar
tin and Henry Voight, who were blown
out to sea in open boats front Port Eads
on Wednesday, have not been heard of
since and are probably lost. Voight was
ii married man with a large family.
A London dispatch says: '-After con
sultation, the doctors attending Mr. Faw
cett announced that a diminution had
taken place in the diphtheric symptoms of
t h. patient, but the fever continued and
hail assumed a typhoid character.”
Governor Cleveland, of New Y ork, has
declined the escort of the Burges* Corps,
of Albanv, upon the occasion of his inau
gural ic>) ’ He savs in his letter of declina
tion* *’l tun pjceedinglv desirous that
there should be as liulo .ceremony as pos
sible.”
The funeral of Gen. Dan.Tylertook place
in New York Saturday night. The party
left ou a special train for Anniston. Ala.,
and the final interment will take place in
that city on Tuesday next. Ihe only im
mediate family of the deceased form the
funeral party.
A telegram from Chicago says the season
now closing “has lieen more prosperous
than any previous one on the lakes, except
that of 1880.” The arrivals of vessels at
Chicago this season have numbered 12,44i,
against 12,788 in that year. In number
the arrivals exceed thus? at New York
about 3,000.
At a late hour Saturday night President
Arthur appointed Clayton MeMictutel, of
Philadelphia, as United States Marshal
for the District of Columbia, vice Charles
E. Henry, removed. Mr. McMichael is the
editor and proprietor of the Philadelphia
Worth American and President of the
Philadelphia Associated Press.
Much excitement was created in Gran,
ville, New York, last week, by the arrest of
two men, named "Thompson and Welch, on
the charge of stealing turkeys from a tar
iiier. The evidence against tbejii seemed
conclusive, and they were sent to jail for
three iU“’’ths. On Wednesday it was dis
covered that the i-irkevs had been stolen
tiV other persons “as a' Jokc/4 and 'he re
icase of ih* prisoners was-ordered. ‘fUe
• having made a fuK confession,
♦bo punished as they deserve. f
will J 10 * t*
revenue reform.
COMMISSIONER HALM’S ANNEAL
REPORT.
Receipts for the Fiscal Year—The Proper
Measure of Reduction—The Question
of Taritt Revision—The Sugar Duties
Should he Repealed—Bonded Spirits
and Tobacco.
W ashington, Dec. 3.—The report of
Green B. Raum, Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, has been submitted to the Secre
tary of the Treasury. It begins with the
topic of reducing taxation as follows:
“The receipts from internal revenue
taxation have year by year increased from
$113,000,000 in the fiscal year I*7!> to $123,-
000,000 in 1880 to $135,000,000 in 1881, to
$146..t00,000 (in round figures) in the fiscal
year last ended. There will probably be
some diminution in the receipts for the
present fiscal year as compared with last
year, but it is not likely that the collec
tions of internal revenue for the current
year will lie below $145,000,000, should the
taxes now* imposed be retained and the
sound maxim tliat no more revenue
should be received than is necessary
tor the economical administration of
the government and the gradual reduction
of the public debt. Although taxation
may lie so wisely adjusted as not to oper
ate as a severe burden upon the people,
w hen the amount collected is beyond the
actual needs of government, there is pre
sented a constant temptation to extrava
gance in appropriations.
“Another consideration attending the
existing overflowing condition of the
public treasury cannot have failed to
attract your notice. If the present rate
of paying the principal of the public debt
be continued all the bonds subject to call
will be paid within three years, after
which time the government will be com
pelled, in order to dispose of its
surplus revenue, to buy in open
market 4b, per cent, bonds,* which
fall due in 1831, or 4 percent, bonds, which
fall due in 1307. Should the government
thus become an active purchaser of these
bonds before maturity, it seems clear that
they would advance'in price to 25 or 30
per cent, premium, to pay which would
certainly be regarded as a waste of
the people’s money. It seems to
be judicious that the principal
of the public debt should lie extinguished
as was originally contemplated only at
the rate necessary to meet the require
ments of the sinking fund, viz.: to the ex
tent of alniut $55,000,000 jier annum.
Therefore, it becomes obvious that a re
duction of from $60,000,000 to $70,000,000 in
the annual revenue of the country could
lie safely entered upon, and, in my opin
ion, such a reduction is urgently" called
for.
“I respectfully offer some suggestions
for your consideration in this regard.
Sound policy would seem to require that
the remission of taxation should fall as
far as possible upon those articles which
are the necessaries of life and upon those
interests which are of pressing impor
tance to the country. The great bulk of
the internal revenue taxation is derived
from distilled spirits, malt liquors, to
bacco and cigars. These are articles
of luxury, the taxes upon which
are really paid by consumers,
and no one need consume them.
1 am strongly of the opinion that so long
as the principle of deriving part of the
revenue of the government from the in
ternal taxation is retained these articles
and dealers therein are proper subjects
for taxation. There is no demand on the
part of the consumers of these products
for a remission of the taxes imposed on
them. On the contrary the general cur
rent of public opinion seems to be
strongly in favor of their retention.
“The other objects of internal revenue
taxation, with the amounts realized there
from during the past fiscal year, are as
follows: Friction matches," $3,272,258;
patent medicines, perfumery, etc., $1,978,-
395; bank check 5,52,318,455; bank deposits,
$4,007,701; savings bank deposits, sßn,4<K);
bank capital, $1,138,340; savings bank
capital $14,729. Add to these items the
taxes collected by the Treasurer of the
United States from the national banks as
follows: National banks (capital), $5,-
521,927 47; national banks (deposits),
$437,774 30, making a total derived from
these sources of $18,748,223 77.
Then, it to the $18,750,000
of reductions thus proposed. Con
gress should add a reduction in
the charges for special taxes to dealers in
articles taxed for internal revenue sub
stantially as proposed in the bill now
pending liefore the Senate, a still further
dimiuuition of taxes would be attained
and supervision over dealers in taxable
articles, w hich experience has shown to
be necessary in order to fully and fairly
collect taxes from all alike, would still be
preserved. Reducing all these special
taxes 4 per eeut. the remissions under this
head would be on the basis
of last year’s collections $3,007.-
905.. The " act of March 1, 1879,
reduced the tax on tobacco from 24 cents
per pound to 16 cents per pound, hut did
not reduce the tax on cigars and cigarettes.
A corresponding reduction on cigars
would be to $4 per thousand. This, 1
think, should be done, and would
amount to a reduction of taxes of
$6.746,iHK). This would make the total
reduction of internal revenue taxes, in
cluding taxes on national banks, as fol
lows: Matches, medicines, perfumery and
banks, $18,748,223; special taxes, $3,007,-
905; cigars and cigarettes, $0,746,000.
Total, $28,502,128.
“While it is undoubtedly deemed advi
sable by many that there should be a re
vision of the taritt', it is unquestionably
the ease that it is not possible to foresee
the effect, which a reduction of the rate of
duties on many of the great lines of
importation, would have upon the
receipts front customs. It is
contended that a reduction of the duty
upon mauy articles would so increase the
importation of them as tq yield an actual
increase of revenue. The demand of the
hour is for legislation that will reduce the
receipts of tlie government. 1 venture to
suggest whether it is not desirable to con
sider the practicability of taking the duty
off iff sugar. About two thousand million
pounds of sugar axe annually con
sumed in the United’ states.
Hit per eent. of which is produced in tiiis
country. Upon the eighteen hundred
million" pounds imported the government
realizes a revenue of forty-five million
dollars, sugar is one of the necessaries
of lifo. It is consumed in every house
hold. Should this duty lie removed,
there would be not only a certain
and large reduction of revenue, but the
benefit of that reduction would immediately
inure to the people. The best refined
sugar, which now <*lls at ten cents a
pound at retail. Could he sold at seven
cents if the duty wore removed, and the
total reduction"would amount to ninety
I cents jier capita jier annum of the entire
popnl at ion of the country. Tin* objection
to This measure would be tlie abolition of
the protection now aflotiied to tin* sugar
interests of Louisiana and other States.
This difficulty might be met by giving a
Itountv of, say two and a half cents per
I sin ml iiiHin " all home produced sugar.
The cultivation of sujxar in this country
is not a rapulily growing industry. There
is no prospect that tins production of cane
sugar will ever bear a greater proportion
to consumption than at present; 1 appre
hend that if sugar were not produced in
this countrv, Congress would not hesitate
to remove the duty from imported sugar
as tip- hot means of reducing taxation.
The present laxv gives to the sugar plan
ters of this country indirectly four or five
million dollars per annum. My proposi
tion would lie to give them this amount
directly and let the whole people have the
benefit of the reduction of taxation, which
would he hi this wav effected. The prin
ciple of pay nig a bouzity for the encour
agement and development of American
industry is not anew one. It was adopt
ed in the ease of our fisheries as early as
1813, and was continued for more than fifty
years. Millions of dollars have been
paid out during this period
to American fishermen for fish caught and
exported, and we are still giving to this
industry the bonus of allowing tltem to
withdraw salt free of duty and of requir
ing from them uo tonnage dues. Asa matter
of principle, u bounty to our sugar inter
ests would, in my opinion, be no more ob
jectionable than similar encouragement to
our fisheries. These reductions, if made,
would amount to $i3,003,128.” .
In reference to an extension of the
bonded period for old whisky, the report
avs’ “If the future demand for this class
nf‘goods i" to lie judged of by the with
-.! of similar goods during the past
feT years, the stock now on hand is
equal to si* y*V* consumption. To
ixistiione the payment of the lax on this
Irock until its withdrawal is required
liv the demands of trade a movement lias
set on foot for its exportation and re
im portal ion and storage in customs lioiid
ed warehouses. TJiis is entirely practica
ble under the existtug laws, and it be
comes a question whether it would not be
better to afford by legislation the rebel
sought to be obtained by this
means. An aaUmsion of the bonded period
for a reasonable time nt-vd pot im
pair the security of the government
ioC-jfs taxes, and would in no manner
tend to reduce the income of the goveru-
SAVANNAH, MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1882.
ment from this source of revenue, which
has up to this period resulted from the
natural laws of trade and the demand for
distilled spirits for consumption. By this
means the expense of transportation both
ways and custom house charges abroad
would lie saved.”
After recommending a law to fix the
term of office for Collectors of Internal
Revenue at four years, and to provide that
they shall not be subject to removal ex
cept for such causes as are designated
in said law, the Commisisoner says:
"The total amount of collections
from tobacco for the fiscal year was
$47,391,988 91. This amount includes col
lections of internal revenue taxes imposed
upon imported manufactured tobacco,
snutf and cigars, in addition to customs
duties, the taxes on domestic manufac
tured tobacco, snuff and cigars, the special
taxes paid by manufacturers of
tobacco, snuff and cigars, the
special taxes paid by dealers
in leaf and dealers in manufactured to
bacco, the special taxes paid by peddlers
of manufactured tobacco, and it also in
cludes the receipts of monev for export
stamps sold to exporters of tobacco. The
collections from the several sources above
named for the last fiscal year exceed
those of the fiscal year immediately pre
ceding by the sum of $4,536,997 60.”'
COLLINS—DE LONG.
A Letter tliat Shown Something of Life
on tlie Jeannette.
Minneapolis, Dee. 2.—A special from
Washington says:
“The following is a letter written bv
Jerome J. Collins to Capt. De Long, and
which is among the effects of Collins, now’
in possession of the Navy Department.
Dr. Collins, of your city, tried to have it
used as testimony in the pending investi
gation, but it was ruled out:
“I return herewith the slip on which
vou require the number of thermometers
duly marked. ** * Permit me to
express some surprise that tlie occu
pant of the .position of meteorologist on
this expedition does not come under the
operation of your strict rule of official
courtesy, respect for which in all trans
actions you requested with so much em
phasis a little vyliile ago. The contemptu
ous disregard for my personal feelings as
a member of the expedition exhibited in
several w ays, and from time to time by
yourself and your fellow officers, I can wel l
afford to pass as unworthy of notice.
But in my capacity as an employe of Mr.
Bennett and recognized entirely in the
official personnel of the expedition bv the
Honorable Secretary of the Navy, I regard
every act of discourtesy, official and per
sonal, as an infringement on my rights
expressed or implied by the fact of my ap
pointment. Asa new year of work is
about to begin it is of vital importance
to me in many ways that I should under
stand the position 1 am to occupy in rela
tion to that work, to you and to the other
gentlemen associated with you. I have
been aware from the commencement that
the standing you were willing to accord
any civilian appointed to take part in
scientific work is that of a mere acces
sory, to use an expression you employed
to a reporter of the Washington Post " in
April, 1N79. This was the way in which
you endeavored to give force to your
statement that all the scientific work re
quired would be done by the officers of the
navy.
“Mr. Bennett, when asked about this,
said you must have been misreported.
Mr. Connery declared that you never
used such language. On these assurances
I decided to come on the expedition, fully
expecting to feel at home with a number
of men who were said to be incapable of
selfishness and injustice. When at San
Francisco it was easy for you to tell me
that you intended to "do thus, and so re
garding the particular work which
I was sent to do, and
which came under the general head of
physics, <i competent man was employed
to take charge of the collections, etc., in
natural history and ethnological speci
mens. At the Academy of Science I
made some rambling remarks which
I based on the supposition that I
was something more than a mere ac
cessory. Nothing in your conversation
gave me any grounds for belief other
wise, although you had ample opportunity
to enlighten me, until during a general
conversation held in your rooms at the
Palace Hotel, in the course of which in
terviewing by reporters came up, and you
indorsed a lady’s statement that the
Washington Post interview was accu
rately reported. In a moment I saw that
I was in a tra,, —not a trap set by you, for
you did not want anybody but navy peo
ple with you, as your manner of acting
plainly showed. * * * *
“I hoped for honor in coming to the
Arctic, and also for profitable information.
I volunteered to come, leaving behind me
a happy home—volunteered on what was
believed to be an enterprise full of danger,
and herein lies the big tooth of the trap.
I could not under any circumstances,
for any cause almost, retreat from uiy
post, without incurring the slur of cow
ardice, which you know would be only
too readily cast on any one who
backed out at the last moment. Had you
told me the day before we sailed tliat I
was to live in the forecastle and have the
work of an ordinary seaman, instead of
being treated as a member of the cabin
mess, I doubt if I could have gone back.
You have it in your power to heap or per
mit to be heaped any amount of disrespect
on me, socially or officially, and I am a
man with his hands tied. I cannot retali
ate. 1 can only resent by silence.
“Three several times you have threat
ened me with the exaction of obedience if
it took every man on the ship. When I
laid before you the facts of one or two
cases in which I felt aggrieved by others,
you became at once the apologist of the
one party, and did not wish to hear any
thing about tlie other. Latterly things
have been going on miserably.
In my official capacity lain
to infer by the withdrawal
of several instruments from time to time
that I have either neglected or do not
possess the ability to use (hem—first, the
magnetic instruments, one by one, then
the polographic apparatus specially given
in uiv charge and to which all hail free
access by the exercise of your important
official courtesy. 1 was directed to
give Dr. Ambler Daniel’s hygrometer,
which 1 did, T don't believe go pas used
it since. No explanation, such as kindly
courtesy would suggest, has been given to
me, no moUU 'ban if I was a lamp trimmer
in the tire-room. Yet, if I wai*it?l! 2 ];!!!“
water to make tea for my luxurious
breakfast during the ini(Jwatel), official
courtesy demands that I must go to Mr.
Melville about it. Don’t you suppose I
am as sensitive as Melville or yourself,
or anybody else, when I am treated with
official discourtesy? You think you can
do with me as you please now arid laugh
at the future. Y'ou are making’s! mistake
common to men of your disposition and
habits of self-complacency.”
LOST ON LAKE MICHIGAN.
%
A Barge Burned in Sight of Another—
Thirteen Lives Lost.
Chicago, Dec. 3.— The mate ot the barge
Lucky, which was in tow of the steam
barge Peters, w hose burning and sinking
have been reported, and in which thirteen
persons lost their lives, gives the follow
ing new points of the horrible accident:
“Nobody knows the cause of the fire.
The boat burned like tinder. She was on
her last trip, and everybody was
in good spirits. The storm increased
as we got out from Milwaukee.
The wind was terrific, the snow blinding
and the sea heavy. The flames were flrst
seen aliout ‘2 o'clock a, m. Qur line
was cut or burned off and we w r ere adrift.
Our centre board was lost and the main
sail split, and we were unable to render
any assistance other than lie around in
the neighborhood, which we did until
about daylight, without being able to pick
up anybody. It was pretty rough to have
to lock on,"but we were compelled to do
so. YVe saw the barge burn right before
our eyes and could not lift a hand to save
the pour fellows al>oard.”
BEATEN TO DEATH.
A Negro’s Brutal Crime.
Charleston, Dec. 3.—A special from
W alhalla to-day says: “As Mr. John Hun
nieutt was going home last night from
Walhalla with fiis little son, eight years
old. he was brutally murdered oh .Schro
der’s Hill, and hi* bov had his head fracl
tured. The boy is still alive, and says a
negro with an axe handle committed" the
deed. A Jury of inquest is now investi
gating the riiatter. but no clue has vet
been found to the murderer.”
Costly Cotton Fire.
Houston, Texas, Dec, 3,—The Interna
tional Compress caught Arc to-day at 11
o’clock, and at 12:30 p. m. is still burning.
The firemen are unable to get any water
on the flames. There are aliout eight
thousand bales of cotton in the press.
Later.- The are is now (Op.m.j con
fined to the cotton. The total los will
reach ft million of dollars, as follows-
Four residences vaiJC“! $75,000; the
compress building, machinery ana
$75,000; the cotton $400,000. the compress
and cotton are fully insured.
TALLAHASSEE TOPICS.
A FIXE SHOWING AS TO LAW
AND ORDER.
An Old Offender Comes to Grief—Able
Grand Jury Presentments—Delay in
Building the New Court House—Sec
ond District Returns Not Y’et Counted
—lmportant Subjects for Legislation.
"1 allahasske, Dec*. 2.—Our Circuit
Court, which met on Monday of last week,
adjourned sine die on Saturday. Only ten
cases were disposed of—three civil and
seven criminal. In former years—that is,
some ten or twelve years ago—it often
happened that the two weeks allowed for
holding a term here was insufficient, and
an adjourned term was necessary. Now
it is different -we are a law abiding commu
nity. The negro has learned that there is a
difference between meum and tuum, and a
wholesome administration of the law has
been attended with good results.
Quite an amusing incident occurred at
the late term. A notorious character,
known as “Chicken Gus,” was indicted
for stealing some three or four hundred
dollars from Captain Boh YVright.
When arraigned for the offense and re
quired to plead, he said he admitted that
they found Captain Bob’s monev on him,
buthe was not’guilty. It was such a
strong case though that Gus finally
pleaded guilty and he was sentenced
accordingly. As he is an old offender,
and formerly spent a twelve month among
the striped breeches fraternity, it will be
some years before he will again have an
opportunity of preying on the property
of others.
The grand jury, after being in session
until Friday, then made their general
presentments, and were disehargtfl. We
hav e seldom had a better body of men im
paneled for such a purpose. Composed
as it was of some of the best business
men in the community, their general
presentments were able" and exhaustive.
The financial status of the county was
and thoroughly handled,
while incompetent Justices of the Peace
were noticed in a manner by r no means
flattering to delinquents. It too often
happens tliat a country justice is a tra
vesty on the administration of the law.
He is ignorant of its first principles, and
his main lookout is for his fees. This
applies not only to Florida, but through
out the country; and for this reason I
have often questioned the wisdom of a law
that gave fees to every judiciary officer.
He should be placed above temptation
and either receive a fixed salary, or no
compensation. I remember very well in
my native State, when a boy, the Justices
of the Peace were not allowed to receive
any compensation. They were appointed
from among tlie best men in the communi
ty, and held the office, not for purpose of
gain, but as patriotic citizens. Now, as
most of the fees of these officials are paid
by the respective counties, it would he
wisdom and policy that au equivalent be
paid to a limited number in each county
as a salary. If we had such a
law and intelligent men were appointed
in each county—men who were not
wholly dependent upon the limited pay—
it would lie much better for the country.
His Honor having in his charge to the
grand jury alluded to the short coming of
some of these officials, that body thorough
ly investigated the matter, and recom
mended that in future every Justice of the
Peace leave with the clerk of the court, at
least three days before the regular
terms, his docket, so that future grand
juries may be able to judge of the
competency of these officials,
and if they find them incompe
tent, to recommend their dismissal.
The building of our new court house has
been delayed for some time, as the contrac
tor makes his own brick and burns his lime.
But these preliminaries are now com
pleted, excavation for the foundation has
commenced, and the material for building
is being hauled every day. It will be a
handsome structure, costing some twenty
odd thousand dollars. Many doubt the
wisdom of such a large expenditure, al
leging that a small building of one
fourth the cost would answer every
purpose, But would such a building an
swer as well? Then why not put up a
plain frame building, and unpainted, too?
For myself, 1 believe the hall of justice
should be magnificent and costly accord
ing to the wealth of the people. 'lt should
be a costly temple, tor when you surround
the court with the insignia of power and
wealth its dignity is enhanced and respect
increased, Blaekstone says that the king
should move in state with a brilliant reti
nue, etc., in order that the populace may
honor and revere him. The same rule ap
plies to our courts of justice. Let them
be in temples of architectural beauty, if
we can afford it.
The rumor that our State Board of Can
vassers have given a certificate of
election to General Finley, of tlie Second
Congressional district, is false, as up to
yesterday returns had not been received
from all the counties. Brevard, 1 think,
was still to hear from.
The elections lieing over, our thoughts
naturally turn to the Legislature, which
will soon convene. Various measures are
being discussed by the State press as
proper subjects of legislation. One ques
tion, however, seems to overshadow all
others, and that is the revision of the
present constitution. On this quite a
diversity of opinion exists. Some, while
admitting the patent defects of the pres
ent one, say that a revision can only be
effected in the way prescribed, which
would take about three years. Others
venture that if the coining Legislature
should cull a Constitutional Convention,
to meet next May, and the constitution so
adopted should be subsequently ratified
by a vote of the people," that it
would be binding. Quite a num
ber on the other hand object to any revi
sion of the present constitution. They
urge the expense of calling a convention
and say that we had “lietter let well
enough alone,” When, therefore, the
Legislature assembles, those who favor
the calling of a convention will start the
ball by introducing a bill to that effect,
and then will ensue a war of words. The
fight will be not so much as to the pro
priety of calling a convention, but as to
how it may pe called, as some contend that
unless a Legislature is elected on that
issue it has no power in the premises.
Another important question looming up is
the temperance reform. The various
churches, notably the Methodists and
Baptists, haye taten this matter up and
demand stringent legislation. A prohibi
tionist party is rapidly gaining strength in
this State;,and but for a provision in the
present constitution that prohibits laws
local in their operation, a “local option
law” would be proposed. As the advo
cates of temperance were powerless to
prohibit at the last Legislature, they suc
ceeded in raising the license to sell
spirituous liquors. At the coming session
it is probable that the license tax will be
still greater increased, and an effort will
be made to fix it so high as to make it vir
tually prohibitory. As Florida, through
its board of internal improvement, owns
millions of acres of land, donated by Con
gress for specific purposes, there will of
course be various bills introduced in aid
of sundry railroads and canals—all will
want a slice. Rut as the Legislature has
heretofore granted several millions of acres
more than belonged to the trustees of the
internal improvement fund, how they can
all get a slice it is difficult to see. On the
principle of “first come, flrst served,”
those corporations that first complete
their work will enjoy the benefits of the
legislative grant, while those who ar*
tardy will be left out in the cold. The
most munificent grant to any railroad was
that to the Pensacola and Atlantic, char
tered by special act in 1881. This road is
to receive twenty thousand acres per
every mile completed, and as it will lie
about one hundred and fifty miles
in length, the grant will amount
to not less than three mil
ions of acres. As it is very nearly oom
pleted.it will soon begin to make its" selec
tions. Such a liberal grant would not
have lieen obtained fit that time, but for
the complications of the internal im
provement fund. The Vose judgment and
other claims amounted to nearly a million
of dollars. The bonds were tied up in
court, and no title would tie given except
through the court. By many insol
vency of the fund was feared. In this
emergency, the Pensacola and Atlantic
Company came forward and said, “make
us this grant ami we will risk it - wo will
take up this Vose claim, if necessary,”
In the meantime, however," the sale" of
four millions to Disstou relieves the fund,
and the Pensacola and Atlantic will get
its three millions without any hard condi
tions.
The appearance of the Morning News
last week in anew dress was quite a sur
prise to its numerous readers. It is a
great improvement and thoroughly in
keeping with the course pursued bv it-*
e n e rwtie it is as different
frptp the News of foi-rteon years ago as a
country weekly front a metropolitan daily
I expect it will be an eight-page sheet
after awhile. > Leon,
Pipe’s Toothache Drops cure in one
minute.
“ IT IS COMING.”
Death of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Sketch of His Career.
London, Dec. 3.—The Archbishop ol‘
Canterbury died at 7:15 o’clock this morn
ing. He passed away quietly and appa
rently without suffering in the presence
of his three daughters, Mr. Davidson, his
son-in-law, Canon Knollys, and Dr.
Carpenter. Y'esterday he remained in
a semi-unconscious state, occasionally
asking for water. About 11 o’clock p.
in. he spoke his last words, “It is coming!
It is coming!” He was then seized with
a sharp spasm and did not speak again,
although it is believed that he was partly
conscious to the end. At 7 o’clock in the
morning he exhibited signs of dissolution.
It is understood that the Dean of YVest
minster, on behalf of the Queen,has offered
burial for the Archbishop’s remains in
Westminster Abbey. The decision rests
with the daughters of the deceased. Muf
fled peals were rung in the ladjacent town
of Croydon, and the Archbishop’s death
was touchingly referred to at the morning
services.
The Right Honorable and Most Rever
end Archibald Campbell Tait, D. D., was
the youngest son of the late Crawford Tait,
of Harvieston, Clackmanna, and of the
daughter of Sir Islay Campbell, Baronet
of Succotch, sometiriie Lord President of
the Court of Session. He was born in
Edinburgh December 22, 1811. was edu
cated at the High School and at the Acad
emy of the Scotch capital under Arch
deacon Williams. In 1827 he went to the
University of Glasgow, attending the
lectures of Sir Daniel K. Sandford and
Mr. Buchanan. In 1830 he was electod an
Exhibitioner on the Snell foundation to
Balliol College, Oxford, of which he be
came successively Scholar, Fellow and
Tutor. He was graduated with flrst class
honors. Subsequently he was a Public
Examiner of the University. Whilst
residing at Oxford as tutor," he took a
prominent part in opposing Tractarianism,
and he was one of the “four tutors who first
drew the attention of the University au
thorities to the celebrated Tract No. 90,
written by Mr. Newman for the purpose
of showing that the Thirty-nine Articles
of the Established Church could be hon
estly subscribed liv those who held Roman
Catholic doctrines.” His opposition,
however, to that school of theology was
always courteous and candid, and marked
by sincere respect for and attachment to
those who led the movement. In 1839, on
the death of Sandford, Mr. Tait might have
succeeded him in the Greek Chair a Glas
gow, but lieing in holvorders this was not
permissible. But in 1842, when the be
loved Dr. Arnold, of Rugbv, died, he be
came headmaster of the famous school
over which he presided until April. 1850.
While there he married a daughter of
Archdeacon Spooner. A serious illness,
brought on by overwork, led .Mr. Tait to
give up his charge and accept from Lord
John Russell’s government the deanery
of Carlisle. But here he was not idle, un
dertaking many outside charities besides
liis regular duties, and his work as mem
ber ot the Oxford University Commission.
In August, 1856, Dr. Bloomfield resigned
the bishopric of London, and Dr. Tait
was nominated to succeed him. Iu 1863
he proposed, and by his zeal contributed
to the successful initiation of a scheme
for supplying the deficiency of church ac
commodation in London by raising a fund
of a million pounds sterliiig in the course
of ten years. In 1868 he was elected
to the Archbishopric of Canter
bury, succeeding Dr. C. T. Longley.
In this position, as primate of
all England, head of the Established
Church, Dr. Tait was systematically an
earnest, able and liberal worker. In" 1875
he introduced into the House of Lords “a
bill for the regulation of public worship,”
to clear up the diipculties with the Ritual
ists. He published several books on reli
gious subjects, including sermons preach
ed at Rugby and Oxford under the name
of “Lessons for School Life;” “The Dan
ger and Safeguard of Modern Theology,”
1861; “The Word of Got! and the Ground
of Faith,” 1863; “Harmony of Revelation
and the Sciences,” 1864; “Charge to the
Clergy," 1866; and “Some Thoughts on the
Duties of the Church of England,” 1876.
lie also contributed to the Edinburgh and
North British Review.
A STIR IN NEW YORK,
The First Sunday Under the New I'enal
Code.
New York, Dec. 3.—The enforcement
of the new penal code began here this
morning. About two hundred persons
were arraigned in the Police Court during
the day, charged with breaking the Sab
bath. They comprised milkmen, grocers,
butchers, drivers of expresss wagons,
bootblacks, newspaper venders, barbers,
and Chinese laundrymen. They were
nearly all discharged with a repri
mand. The saloon-keejiers were
not affected with the ills
which befell their less fortunate brothers
The police were on the alert all day not
with the remotest idea of entrapping the
venders of lager beer and spirituous
liquors, but to see tbaf popple m other
businesses did not violate the'sanetitv of
the Sabbath day All over the city it "was
next to impossible to get anything but
mgars, beer and whisky. These “necessi
ties” were procurable from saloons with
out limit. ,vl
CHALMERS’ SEAT.
A Charge of Collusion on the Part of
State Officers,
Washington, Dec. 3.~Gen. Chalmers
furnishes information that he lias just re
ceived a letter from Judge Ware, of Mis
sissippi, who informs him that a few days
since a reliable gentleman was traveling
on a railroad in M ississippi and overheard
a conversation in which Price Partier, De-
I'l'ty ot .H. C. Meyers, Secretary of State
ot Mississippi, said that on the Sunday
prcMous to the canvassing of the returns
in .Mississippi he and Mevers had opened
the returns from the Second district and
discovered an error as to Tate countv.
I h:it this error was communicated to Gov.
Lowrey, and, after consultation with Gov.
Low rev, it was resolved to lock up the re
turns and keep them from public inspec
tion until the Count was made.
ARABI EXILED
After First Being Sentenced to Denth.
Cairo, lies*, 3,—The court martial,
which had been summoned to meet to-day,
assembled this morning. Arabi Paslia
pleaded guilty to the charge of rebelling.
The proceedings were very brief, the court
sitting only a few minutes. In the after
noon tlie court reassembled and pronounc
ed sentence of death against Arabi. The
Khedive subsequently commuted the sen
tence to exile for life. It is believed that
Arabi will retire to some part of the Brit
ish Dominions. His demeanor before the
court was very dignified.
The decree commuting the sentence
says that Arabi will lie amenable to the
sentence of death if Re re-enters Egypt or
its dependencies.
THE FLAMES |X STOCKTON.
A Dwelling Destroyed—lts Occupant
Severely Injured.
Stockton, Ga., Dec. 3.— The house oc
cupied by Mr. C. 11. Bold was totally de
stroyed by fire last night, and it was only
by the greatest efforts that the adjoining
buildings and the railroad warehouse were
saved from the flames. Ylr. Bold, who
is agent of the Savannah, Florida and
W estern Railway, was severely injured
by the falling of a shed and will probably
be laid up for several days. The house
was the property of Dr. U. Van Giesen of
Savannah, and there was only a small
amount of insurance upon it.
A BRUTAL MURDER.
A Young Man Kills his Mother and
Grandfather.
Paris, Tenn., Dec. 3.—A young
man named Forrest was arrested
to-day and held for killing his
mother ad grandfather. The mur
der was committed on the night of Novem
ber 30th, by knocking out the brains of
both parties with an axe. It is supposed
that the young man bad a quarrel w ith
hi* mother and Killed her, and then his
grandfather, who was a cripple, as he was
the only witness of the deed,
Shot Five Times.
New Orleans. Dec. 3.—Patrick
O’Brien, a Deputy .Sheriff, had a difficulty
in a barroon with Lawson and Oscar
Gorie. To-day the latter shot O’Brien five
times. His wounds are believed . ,
fatal; Oscar Goru* shot VhVmtghthe
„..sc. The Gorie brothers werfa arrested.
Weather Indications.
Office Chief
WASHINGTON Dee T OBSERVER,
v obday 0> ’ UeC ‘ “•—’ißdrcations for
o il?., tlle Atlantic States, slightly
warner, fair weather, light variable
winds, stationary or lower barometer.
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
IMPORTANT FEATURES OF THE
DOCUMENT.
The Refunding of the Debt and Mild Re
form of the Internal Revenue and Ta
riff Recommended The Star Route
Prosecution to be Pushed—The Paper
to lie Submitted To-day.
Washington />isjnitch (Dec. I.) to X. World.
The President’s message and the report
of the Secretary of the Treasury were sole
mined to the Cabinet at this "afternoon’s
session and carefully considered. The
main features of both documents had been
discussed at former meetings of the Cabi
net, so that to-day’s work was merely re
visory. To-night they were sent to the
printer, who will be held responsible for
their safe keeping until the time for their
return tor regular transmission to Con
gress on Monday next. This secrecy of
preparation has not altogether availed in
serving its purpose, however, and there is
authority for giving out a summary of the
message, which also includes some imi>or
tant features of the report of the Secretary
*1 it *, i reasury already forecast in the
World.
The message of last year covered thirty
two pages of a printed pamphlet. The
message of the present year will not cover
more than twenty-five of such pages, aud
is probably a column, if not more, less in
newspaper space. The President prefaces
his message with a review of the more im
portant matters which appertain to our
foreign and diplomatic intercourse. He
recites the tact of the passage of the im
migration treaty with China, and an
nounces that, under the direction of the
htate Department, arrangements have
been effected for carrying its provisions
into operation.
OUR RELATIONS with CHILI and PERU.
The South American troubles are treat
ed in a succinct review of what lias been
done by this government in the direction
j*o? n ■“*>* adjustment of the pending
difficulties between the belligerents. The
mission of Mr. Treseott and of Ylr. Walker
Blaine to Peru and Chili is recalled, and
reference is made to the reports submitted
bv them, which were the subject of
toll discussion in Congress and
otherwise officially last spring The
apparent frustration of the effort made
by this government at that time in the
interests of peace did not discourage fur
ther efforts in the same direction, and the
appointment of Ylr. Logan as Ylinister to
Chili was intended to convey to tlie Chil
ian Government assurance that the Gov
ernment of the United States was still
desirous, so far as might be proper and
acceptable, to interpose its good offices.
The President ventures to hope that the
apparent obstacles which have so for con
fronted our Ylinister to Chili may event
ually lie overcome to the credit of this
government and tlie satisfaction of the
hostile powers.
THE PEACE CONGRESS.
On the subject of the movement for an
International Peace Congress to assemble
in Washington City, inaugurated under
the administration of his predecessor, the
President recites tlie fact of its interrup
tion by liis own order, and states as the
reasons governing such action that, upon
careful research and earnest reflection, he
had been unable to reconcile the customs
that have prevailed in the diplomacy of
this government with a proposition so'for
reacliing in its scope and doubtful
in its eltects, and that, since
upon Congress must devolve
the development and ratification of such
a proceeding, he had felt it incumbent
upon himself in the interests of public
policy to transmit all tlie correspondence
which bore upon the subject as well as
the subject itself to Congress. The Presi
dent does not intimate an unfavorable at
titude towards the assembling of such a
Peace Congress, but prefers that if it
shall assemble its character and object
shall haye been first the subject of more
thoughtful consideration and by the rep
resentatives of the people rather than by
tlie Executive head of the government
alone.
In connection with this subject the
President suggests the advisability of
measures looking to the settlement of in
ternational difficulties by arbitration,
which method, he recalls, has lieen the
subject of profitable discussion satisfying
him that the object is well worthy the at
tention of Congress as a means of securing
prolonged peace.
The President notifies Congress that,
pursuant to the first confirmation by the
Senate of the special commissioners
nominated by him, arrangements have
been progressing for a commercial treaty
with Ylexico, and the departure of the
commissioners will not be long delayed.
Mention is made of several copyright "and
international treaties, notably with Spain
and Belgium,
THE ARRESTS IN IRELAND
of T thearr-t ent H t! - Sat9 briefly the inatter
... ■ ---stand imprisonment of Ameri
af’.i 6118 1,1 Kn ”lish jails, reciting the
•Vi * . arr 6Btß and of inquiry retrard
tilo V“ e,U 1 5 bt ‘ri"jf of this government; of
the demands made through the State De
partment and our Minister to England for
the prompt trial of the susjiects or their
release, and acknowledges the reparation
subsequently accorded by the English
Government, This statement is supple
mented by the announcement of the trans
mission to Congress with the message of
the voluminous correspondence and other
papers covering the subject.
THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
I lie 1 resident next reviews the opera
tions of the Treasury Department. The
ordinary revenues from all sources for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1822, are
shown to be as follows:
From customs 4220 410 7*lo 9 s :
From internal revenue . ]46’497 W 5 45
From the sale of public lands U75:4H0 37
From direct tax. 160J41 69
Miscellaneous 31 703 ’ w ,
Total net reveuue 403’,523,250 2S
The surplus revenue was 145,543,810 71
The ordinary expenditures for the’same
period were:
F’or civil expenses 437 •> 10 750 os
For the military establishment, ’ '*
including river and harbors 43,570,494 19
For the naval establishment 15.032.040 20
For Indians 9 730 747 40
For pensions ori’iFi'm - ! 95
Interest on public debt 71 077 200 79
Total ordinary expenditures 257'981*439 57
r,,. .
The receipts of the government show an
increase over those of 1881 of $22,251 054 23
in the revenue from customs; $11,233,-
4 from the internal revenue, $2,551,-
;,*• 2° f ™m sales of public lands, ands6,-
i01.410 34 from miscellaneous sources,
n i a * !!?€ total increase in the net revenue
0t Ihe total net revenue
J ah s4®<M>2o,2aO 20. The net expenditures
decreased from $260,712,887 :>!) to $257 -
!)01,440 20, a reduction of $2,7:11,447 39
winch, added to the increase, makes $45,1
4,4,40.) 10 m the surplus revenues, appli
cable to the reduction of the public debt.
Ihe expenditures on account of interest
B * low a reduction
oi $11,431,534 39—from $82,508,741 18 in
1081 t„ $71,077,200 71 in 1882. The excess
kc^Ta'Al! 68 °Y®? expenditures was $145,-
04.i,8i0 08, and the amount applied to the
reduction of the debt $100,281,505 55. The
amount standing on the books of the
treasury to the credit of the disbursing
ofhcers of the United States at the close of
the fiscal year was $36,067,872 48. The re
ceipts for the fiscal year on account of the
1 ost Office Department were $31,368,062 30.
and the expenditures, $39,265,298 43. Of
these amounts $20,211,991 78, or about one
half. was received and expended directly
by the Postmaster General without being
deposited in the Treasury. The unavaila
ble funds of the Treasury decreased from
$29,521,032 72 to $29,517,275 32.
The exports for the last fiscal year were
$733,239,732 as against during
1881, a decrease of $15Q,n8fi,215. the value
of our exports ot cotton was $199,812,644.
The value of the exports of breadstuff's
amounted to $182,070,528. The imports
during the year amounted to $724,639 574
The balance of trade in our favor in face
° f ex I’ ortß aggregated near.
ly s2iv 100,000.
A REDUCTION OF T)(R INTERNAL REVg
-sIE RECOMMENDED.
The President congratulates the country
upon its prosperity and favors a ririd
economy in public expenditures and a re
duction of the internal taxes. He indorses
the recommendation of the Secretary of
the Treasury that the tax on Sl£l
a, ’ d indented
* ,l 111 •annum consistent with
suthcieni revenue to meet largely in part
the ordinary demands of the government,
lie favors otherwise the abolition of in
ternal taxes, leaving spirits, tobacco and
rermented liquors to bear the burdens.
THE REFUN DING OF THE. DEBT.
A considerable portion of the message is
devoted to a report of the operations con
nected with the refunding of the three and
one-half per cent, bonds into throe per
bents. From the fact Uiat "these latter
bonds rule at a premium, the
sugioists- k> ConirroM th* *. , ■
the time is now —* n b' B opinion
tho time 1 ..jie for legislation which
enable the Secretary of the Treasury
to further continue to refund the debt. He
thinks that the experience of the year
conclusively shows that the bonds of
the nation bearing 3 per cent, in-*
terest can he successfully placed. He ag
gregates the amount of interest it will
take to pay the fovp- unit four and fcof,if
Imi m!o! l L Ut8 ! aiKlill!! uutil maturity,
ttiat wise statesmanship
ought to find out some means of escatie
for the burdens of such heavv drafts from
the Treasury on account of interest. He
recommends no specific plan, but, if some
portion of the bonds are not funded, favors
a modification of the law so that national
banks may in some wav have the ad
vantage of the premium on such bonds ns
are held by the United States Treasurer to
secure their circulation.
THE SILLY’ TARIFF COMMISSION IN
DORSED.
Touching the tariff, the President re
news his recommendation of last year
that the existing laws need revision. He
expresses the hope that the labors of and
the report of the Taritt' Commission mar
be so enlightening as to facilitate Coti
gress in dealing with the subject. The
I resident also renews his recommenda
tion for the early retirement of tlie silver
certificates, on the ground that they favor
an unnecessary addition to tlie paper cur
rency, and which he thinks can be sup
plied in sufficient amounts to meet the
demands of trade by national banks. An
interesting clause of the message is de
voted to the gold certificates. Of the
issue authorized by the act of July 12.
1882, $138,000,000 have been printed" for
issue up to November 1, $21,790,000 had
lieen issued, and $14,827,720 are held in
the cash of the several United States sub
treasuries, leaving actually outstanding
$6,962,280. •
Up to November 1 last there had been
coined under the act of February 28
1878, 128,329,880 standard silver dollars, of
which 93,006,382 remain in the Treasury
vaults and 35,323,498 are in circulation.
The President favors the rei>eal of the law
which requires a fixed coinage for each
month and recommends tliat it he left to
the discretion of the Secretary of the
Treasury.
THE NATIONAL BANKS.
Alluding to the national banking sys
tem, the President directs attention to the
fact that up to Oetoiier 31 last over 170
banks had been organized with au author
ized capital ot $15,707,300, and to which
there had lieen issued circulating notes
aggregating over six million dollars. The*
total number of national banks is nearlv
2,300. Since the passage of the act of
Congress authorizing national banking
associations to continue their corporate
existence more than 500 banks have reor
ganized.
THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.
In reviewing the report of tlie Post
Office Department the President calls the
special attention of Congress to the reduc
tions in the cost of the postal service for
the last fiscal year. 'The star route ser
vtce will cost for the fiscal year $5,500,000,
which is more than $200,000 less than the
co tonhis service for the last fiscal year,
und $1,450,000 less than the amount appro
priated for the current year, lie favors
the suggestions of tho Postmaster General
for the establishment of a postal savings
system, and directs the attention of Con
gress to numerous recommendations cal
culated to promote efficiency and secure
economy in the postal service. For the
next fiscal year the receipts are estimated
in round numbers at $50,000,000, and the
expenses at $46,000,000, an estimated ex
cess of receipts over expenditures of near
ly $4,1X10,000.
THE RIVER AND HARBOR HILL.
That portion of the message which re
lates to the YVar Department is of inter
est, chiefly because of the concurrence by
the President iu the views of tlie Secre
tan touching an increase of the arniv
and the curtailment of appropriations for
public works. The President advises
Congress that of the amounts appropri
ated in the last river and harbor appro
priation bill there remains on hand a
large unexpended balance which could
not lie applied during the year because of
the late day at which these amounts be
came available. Proceeding on the theory
that taxation is to be reduced, the Presi
dent joins with the Secretary of Wav in
the hope that Congress for the next fiscal
year will make no appropriation 011 ac
count ot rivers and harbors, excepting so
far as may be necessary’ to prosecute
work already begun, aud for which the
appropriations will have been exhausted
at the end of the fiscal year.
THE NAVY DEPARTMENT.
The operations of the Navy Department
are very briefly reviewed, the attention
of Congress is invited to the report of the
Board of Advisers of the Navy in various
recommendations advanced to"promote its
efficiency, fhe President concurs with
the Secretary of tfie Navy in his recom
mendations for placing the navy on a bet
ter tooting both as to snips and arm unit-** ‘
lie also indorses the recommends**,.., fl ;‘ l 7
the Revenue Marine and J tr c M -
vice and Coast Surv*- • -“ e m p Ser
the control r**;. oe transferred from
to th** '* 'be Treasury Department
- Department as a means of
combining under a single head all similar
services. He also states that since the
adjournment of Congress a board has been
appointed which is now engaged in the
investigation attending the loss of the
Arctic steamer Jeannette; also the ap
pointment of a commission to inspect the
various navy yards now established and
to report upon such as can lie dispensed
with without detriment to the public ser
vice.
OUR INDIAN POLICY.
The policy of the Secretary of the Inte
rior with regard to Indian affairs meets
the President’s approval. He urges tliat
such treatment of the Indians as will tend
to civilize them should lie encouraged,
and calls attention to the firm and yet hu
manizing influences which have been
thrown about them during the past vear,
resulting in an exceptional season of free
dom from turbulence. The importance of
a law to allow the Indians to hold their
lands in severalty is also urged on the
ground that it would best tend to promote
the welfare and permanent advancement
of the Indians.
THE MORMON QUESTION.
The President congratulates Congress
upon the passage of last session’s law for
the suppression of polygamy in the Terri
tory ot Utah. The commissioners ap
pointed under the law have lieen engaged
in their labors in Utah and have made
commendable progress. There were and
remain obstacles of no mean ordePto lie
overcome, which the President hopes may
disappear without occasion for more strin
gent legislation. The failure of the people
of that Territory to accept the law in its
full spirit was, he says, jierhaps to have
been expected to some extent, because of
the radical change of the election system
heretofore prevailing and the natural" aver
sion to the law of the great majerity of the
people of the Territory. lie recommends
the continuance of the commission until
it shall have been demonstrated that
there is no longer any practical necessity
for its use.
The estimates required for the payment
of pensions for the current year are SIOO,-
000,000, This is an increase over last
year’s estimates, accounted for by the ad
judication of the greater number of claims
because of the increased clerical force
authorized at the last session of Congress.
THE STAR ROUTE FRAUDS.
The President recalls the prosecution of
the star route cases under the Department
of .Justice,announcing the progress already
made and t lie determination of the admin
istration to secure a full investigation nrm
satisfactory outcome toWeS* He
dec-lares it to be. U is purpose, ai ] t is that
of the department, to obtain only a just
result, and on that will commend itself to
intelligent and fair-minded opinion Vt
the administration will not suffer <
tion at the hands of is own offletolPas'
has been Shown by removals fromoffiw at
the penalty of olhcial departures from a
correct course of action Irotu “
thl toflh-fS 1 cl akeß *O. emphasize
tne lnmction of these penalties as havin''
o thi a spirit of loyalty
m l f , rC I #olia i e demands of tho govern
wortiJl ? commends the action of the De
partment of (Justice in this resjmet, refer
nnß tpe Attorney Geueral’s report and
correspondence transmitted from the De.
partment of Justice.
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
Nor does the President forget the civil
service. He is still in favor of i(s eleva
tion and some plan which will improve it
by reason of a more stable tenure. He is
opposed td removals save for inefficiency,
neglect of duty or malfeasauce. He makes
no recommendations as to what should be
done to reform it, taking the ground that
it is within the ample jurisdiction of Con
gress.
The message concludes witli a review
of the operations of the Commissioners of
toe District of Columbia. It recites under
this head the fact that the iinpruvement of
the 1 otomac flats has l £O4 begun, ami that
it will lie prosecuted fo the earliest com
pletion in the interest of both commerce
and wealth of the national capital.
Attempted BuC.; ti^_
’Petersburg, \ a ., Dec. 3.-Stonhen
Britton, a UISWy respected citizen of l this
place and Widely known, attempted to
commit suicide late last night by taking a
large quantity of laudanum. At is not
thought that he can recover. Reduced
prompted the act.
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SAGASTA AND SPAIN.
THE PREMIER’S SCHEME FOB
HER FUTURE.
The Conservatives her True Friends—
Programme of the Ministry— Religious
Liberty, a Free Press and Trial by
Jury Proposed—Other Features of Re
form—Premut ure Action Deprecated.
Madrid, Dec. 3. —A meeting of the!
majority of the Chamber of Deputies wasl
held to-day, at which 2<JO members were ®
present. Senor Sagasta, President of the !
Council of Ministers, addressed the meet-1
inir. He declared that the views and in- t
tention ot the government remained uu- jj
ehanged. The reforms to in* introduced <
in all branches of the administration j
would include religious liberty and free- i
dom of the press.
Senor Sagasta said lie would spare no
efforts to improve the relations of
bpajn with foreign powers. He would J
introduce bills granting trial by jury and
ei\ il marriages. li© attributed
the unjust criticisms on the ministry to
the suicidal spirit prevailing among the 1
..Liberal parties.
He asked why governments should ful
l'll their promises precipitately rather 1
than slowly, and declared that "far from
having done too little lie had accom
plished his principal mission of inducing ’
the Democrats to adhere to the monarchy. ;
Ihe moment had not yet arrived lor dis- f
cussing the programme of the Dynastic 3
Lett; still, he viewed the formation of that ;
party with great satisfaction, as i
it signified the triumph of the I
policy of the government by
putting an end to the pessimistic view of
the fanatical adversaries of existing in- i
stitutions. Hut the new movement, he ;
said, would collapse if it tended to en
danger the monarchy or liberty.
THE STATE CAPITAL.
Saturday's Work in the Legislature-
Tin- Savaunah Sewerage and Drain
Hill—Passage of the General Tax Hill
by be House—The Ses< |u l-Centenniul
in tile Senate—Railroad Legislation.
Atlanta, Dec. 2.—ln the House to-day
a reconsideration was granted on Air.
Jordan’s (of Hancock) amendment to the
tax bill, taxing news agents on trains.
Air. Pendleton, of Lowndes, offered a
substitute to tax news agents on trains
selling the Police Gazette, the Day’s Do
inys and similar publications SIOO per
annum.
The rules were suspended and Mr. Fal
ligant introduced a bill in relation to
sewers and drains in the city of Savan
nah- Head a first time and referred to the i
Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation
1 lie bill extending the time of pavmentof
taxes on wild lands to Alarch Ist, isk!
was passed, v
Mr. Graham, of Fayette, introduced a
new bill chartering the Fayetteville f
Branch Kaiiroad.
The general tax bill was resumed.
Mr. Spence, of Alitchell, moved to in
crease the tax on oleomargarine factories
from SIOO to SSOO. Lost.
A motion to raise the whiskv tax from
$2-> to SIOO was lost—ll yeas to 100 navs
An amendment fixing the tax at SSO was
also lost,
There was a prolonged debate over an
attempt to exempt the maimed Confeder
ate soldiers from paying a license as sew
ing machine peddlers. The amendment
was amended so that soldiers must ped
dle machines bought bv themselves
Adopted.
Anew paragraph was added taxing
dealers in pistols $25 each for the benefit
of the educational fund.
Ihe House, in the afternoon session, re
sumed the debate on the section taxing
foreign corporations loaning money in
Georgia SIOO for each county. The section
was stricken out. Alessrs". Hoge of Kill
ton and Gray of Richmond advocated the
reduction of the express company’s tax.
biit m vain, Tlie bill passed as printed !
without any other changes.
Mr. Redwine, ot ilall. gave notice of a .
motion to reconsider the action striking
out the section taxing foreign inonev loan”
ing corporations. A full House Aiondav i
may reverse or modify the action this af- |
ternoon.
abscnw " :lK panted leave of
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
The Dill amending the garnishment laws
as relates to answer. Lost.
A joint resolution was adopted as to
whet Iter the convict lessees have violated
section six of the lease act, and orders an
investigation: also the House resolution
in regard to the Savannah Sesqui-Ceuten
nial.
Senator Meldrim said Savannali would
l>e glad to see the committee and all the
Senators that might attend.
Resolutions asking Georgia Congress
men to secure, if possible, a repeal or
modification of the internal revenue laws
were also adopted. Also, to seek a repeal
of the ten per cent, tax on State banks.
The Dill changing the time of holding
the Superior Court of Banks and Franklin
counties was passed; also amending sec
tion 74,709 of the new Code.
After a lively discussion the Dill to in
crease the salaries of Judges, also estali
lishing an experimental farm, were tabled.
Resolutions were introduced to furnish
more convicts to the Marietta and North
Georgia Railroad: also to investigate the
road laws of the State.
The following new bills were intro
duced :
By Mr. Gustin—Amending section 1936
of the new Code; also prescribing the man
ner ot regulating railroad commissioners
schedules of just rates to railroads under
control of other roads.
The Dill incorporating the Spring Creek
Canal and Improvement Company, of De
catur county, passed both houses and is
an important project.
Accident to a Steamer.
Charleston, Dec. 3.—The steamer
-City of Atlanta, hence for New York in
crossing the bar last night struck Her
rudder post, bv which its fastenings were
loosened. She was towed back to-day to
her wharf, where the injury will be re
paired, and she will proceed on her
voyage. No other damage was sustained.
Train Robbers Foiled.
Dallas, Ikx., Dec, 3.-*An attempt was
made bv masked robbers to roll the north
bound cypres* on the Gulf, Colorado and
Santa te Railway at Blum Station between
.1 and 10 o clock on Friday night. The
guards on the train fired at' the robbers,
and the train was started out and
escaped.
vote of censure proposed by Seuor
Mattes against th Chilian Ministry for
alleged unauthorized war expenditures
has, negatived by (he San Con-
Baittmy fJowUrr.
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